Dotan Cohen wrote:
All American measurements are of these unusual division. The inch itself is 1/12 foot, which is 1/5280 of a mile. Maybe not arbitrary, but not very intuitive.
Not to defend the US units, but hasn't the meter been redefined at least 3 times? Which of the choices was a unit that relates to something intuitive to a human?
-- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
